University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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SCOTTSBLUFF EROSION IN THE SANDHILLS THE ONLY NATIONAL MONUMENT IN NEBRASKA A BLOWOUT IN HOLT COUNTY

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SCENIC NORTHWEST NEBRASKA THE pine ridge country with its buttes. pine trees, clear streams and fine vistas, is the natural scenic region of Nebraska. Cherry county, re- markable to statisticians for being larger than Connecticut , has many surprises for the visitor in the way of natural beauties. Many of these sites are still difficult to reach by road, so the thrill of discovery accompanies the pleasure of finding in Nebraska the beginnings of the Rockies or the Black Hills. In the following pages we present typical photographs of Nebraska from Northwest to Southeast. These pictures, made in 1934. show the scenic character of our state, which was described in I860 as an uninhabit- able portion of the Great American D esert. SMITH FALL IN CHERRY COUNTY, OUR HIGHEST WATERFALL IN NEBRASKA A SAND CLIFF ALONG THE NIOBRARA BEAUTIFUL RIVER OF THE NORTHWEST

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NATURAL SCULPTURE IN NEBRASKA EROSION and the action of the elements have worn down portions of the high Nebraska table lands into wonderful shapes of natural sculpture. Majestic cliffs, pinnacles, and buttes, — shifting waves of sand. — badlands with strangely cracked crusts of clay, and sandstone shaped like the unfinished works of a master sculptor; — great fantastic Japanese toadstools, gargoyles and masks of old faces. Such erosion has uncovered the very skeleton of nature and the records of prehistoric life in our state that are known and valued for study in museums the world over. BAD LANDS FORMATIONS,— TOADSTOOL PARK , SIOUX COUNTY, WHERE MANY FOSSILS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MUSEUM IN MORRILL HALL WERE FOUND B